Spin, statistics and correlations

Lawrence P. Horwitz

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7261-7_3

Spin, statistics and correlations

Lawrence P. Horwitz

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

We shall discuss in this chapter the basic idea of a relativistic particle with spinSpin, based on Wigner’s seminal work (Wigner 1939).The theory is adapted here to be applicable to relativistic quantum theory; in this form, Wigner’s theory, together with the requirements imposed by the observed correlation between spin and statistics in nature for identical particle systems, makes it possible to define the total spin of a state of a relativistic many body system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fundamental Theories of Physics
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	33-50
Number of pages	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7261-7_3
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Fundamental Theories of Physics
Volume	180
ISSN (Print)	0168-1222
ISSN (Electronic)	2365-6425

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© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Keywords

Identical particle
Lorentz group
Lorentz transformation
Tensor operator
Timelike vector

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